1. Duncan Tonatiuh

2. Duncan, WHO!? His name is Duncan (like the donuts!) Tonatiuh (toh-nah-tyou) Duncan was born in Mexico City but grew up in San Miguel de Allende. He is the son of a Mexican mother and an American father. At age 16 he began boarding school in Massachusetts – this is where he discovered his love for art. He graduated from Parsons The New School for Design and from Eugene Lang College in New York City in 2008.

3. Duncan Amazing Tonatiuh’s Work 1.Dear Primo: A Letter to My Cousin (Published in 2010) 2. Diego Rivera: His World and Ours (Published in 2011) 3. Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote: A Migrant's Tale (Published in 2013)

4. (screenshots taken while viewing video from my iPad) HE’S GOING TO DRAW A PICTURE OF A SKELETON!! LETS READ Dear Primo: A Letter to My Cousin !!! A mock-up version of Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote: A Migrant’s Tale HOW COOL?!?! Classroom Book Reading Dear Primo: A Letter to My Cousin http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKz3bti9DGM Let’s Take a Look!

5. LET’S TAKE A TRIP TO DUNCAN’S VERY OWN WEBSITE! What might we find there? Click here to visit Duncan Tonatiuh's website

6. What are we going to do? Let’s talk about the books we will read and the activities we will complete! Dear Primo: A Letter to My Cousin Diego Rivera: His World and Ours Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote: A Migrant's Tale Write letters to a “pretend” cousin in Mexico Create a padlet comparing/contrasting similarities and differences in the cousins’ lives Listen to Duncan read the book to us on YouTube Discuss shapes the Duncan uses to create illustrations Which is more imporatant: how we’re alike or how we’re different? Pen Pals Practice pronouncing the Spanish words Shared research on Diego Rivera Internet workshop on Diego Rivera Padlet comparing Rivera’s artwork and Tonatiuh’s artwork Locate Mexico on a map Research ancient Mexican art and compare “old and new” Listen to Duncan reading Diego Rivera: His World and Ours via YouTube Circle map: How do you think Duncan feels about Rivera? Watch Duncan’s video presenting the mock-up copy to a class (YouTube) Discussion: What is an accent? Why does Duncan have an accent? Do we have accents? Predicting games (shared reading) Internet workshop - Research the history of migration Animoto: Why would people want to leave Mexico to come to the United States?

7. We will meet Mr. Tonatiuh through video-chat! ***Note: (hopefully, we will SKYPE!) I have emailed Mr. Tonatiuh to ask if he would be open to skyping with my kinders next fall, but have not heard back yet. If we are unable to Skype we will write him letters and mail them.

8. Boys and girls, I am SO excited to begin this author/illustrator study with you! We are going to have so much fun learning about Duncan Tonatiuh and you guys are going to LOVE his three books that we will read!